USMV Options History — February 2014

In February 2014, USMV traded between $33.68 and $35.93. ATM implied volatility averaged 9.8%, placing in the 5.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 2.8%. IV traded below realized volatility by 3.3% (HV 20d: 13.1%). Max pain ranged from $33.00 to $33.00. Net GEX was positive for 15 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.00.

Notable Days

  • 2014-02-24: Highest Volume — 5 contracts
  • 2014-02-19: Largest IV spike — 58.6% change
  • 2014-02-03: Highest IV Rank — 11.8%
  • 2014-02-03: Largest Expected Move — 4.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$35.08$33.68$35.93$33.68$35.93
Max Pain$33.00$33.00$33.00$33.00$33.00
ATM IV9.8%6.5%14.9%14.9%8.9%
Expected Move2.8%1.9%4.3%4.3%2.6%
HV 20d13.1%11.4%14.2%12.2%11.4%
HV 60d10.3%9.9%10.5%10.1%10.5%
IV Rank5.2%1.0%11.8%11.8%4.1%
IV Percentile45.2%2.1%95.9%95.9%36.6%
Term Structure2.6%-7.0%20.5%-0.5%0.6%
VWIV8.9%7.9%9.9%9.9%7.9%
Skew 25d2.9%-0.4%8.3%5.1%0.3%
Skew 10d0.5%-29.5%13.4%4.9%0.7%
Call IV 25d8.2%6.0%11.9%11.9%8.2%
Put IV 25d11.2%7.8%17.7%17.0%8.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %97.9649.84162.7053.73153.07
Gamma HHI0.350.240.540.280.53
Net GEX2.4K-13.5K9.9K7.2K-11.8K
Net DEX-389.3K-518.3K-220.9K-220.9K-518.3K
Net VEX-1.2K-1.7K-440-1.5K-440
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.000.000.000.000.00
Total Volume0.5260500
Total OI261.526259265259265

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-02-03$33.68$33.0014.9%4.3%12.2%11.8%0.0%5.1%-0.5%7.2K-220.9K-1.5K0.0053.73N/AN/A0018277
2014-02-04$33.89$33.0013.9%4.0%12.6%10.6%0.0%0.6%-0.4%7.6K-233.3K-1.5K0.0050.76N/AN/A1018277
2014-02-05$33.86$33.0012.5%3.6%12.3%8.7%0.0%6.6%-7.0%7.1K-239.6K-1.7K0.00154.99N/AN/A0018277
2014-02-06$34.14$33.0013.5%3.9%12.8%10.0%0.0%2.5%-0.6%7.1K-258.6K-1.5K0.0049.84N/AN/A1018277
2014-02-07$34.57$33.008.6%2.3%13.7%3.8%0.0%8.3%7.4%9.9K-292.4K-1.6K0.00135.57N/AN/A0018377
2014-02-10$34.66$33.007.4%2.7%13.6%2.2%0.0%3.7%2.1%6.3K-342.0K-1.3K0.00100.23N/AN/A0018377
2014-02-11$35.03$33.009.0%2.8%13.8%4.2%9.9%5.7%3.2%-88-395.2K-1.1K0.0097.52N/AN/A1018377
2014-02-12$35.03$33.009.1%2.6%13.6%4.4%0.0%2.2%4.8%282-400.1K-1.0K0.00117.01N/AN/A0018477
2014-02-13$35.26$33.008.9%2.5%13.8%4.1%0.0%2.8%20.5%5.8K-389.7K-1.5K0.00157.21N/AN/A0018477
2014-02-14$35.45$33.0010.8%3.1%13.9%6.6%0.0%3.1%0.8%3.1K-423.1K-1.1K0.0059.83N/AN/A0018477
2014-02-18$35.55$33.007.4%2.1%14.0%2.2%0.0%4.2%5.1%4.9K-423.3K-1.2K0.00120.73N/AN/A2018477
2014-02-19$35.42$33.0011.8%3.4%14.0%7.9%0.0%3.6%0.7%3.2K-424.1K-1.1K0.0060.46N/AN/A0018677
2014-02-20$35.65$33.007.8%2.2%14.2%2.7%0.0%3.0%8.1%-13.5K-486.4K-4950.0092.38N/AN/A0018677
2014-02-21$35.61$33.008.3%2.4%14.0%3.3%0.0%2.3%1.1%1.9K-448.5K-1.1K0.0062.68N/AN/A0018677
2014-02-24$35.66$33.009.1%2.6%12.5%4.3%7.9%-0.2%0.3%737-455.5K-1.0K0.0053.89N/AN/A5018575
2014-02-25$35.66$33.009.2%2.6%12.3%4.5%0.0%0.1%0.4%2.2K-461.4K-1.1K0.0053.48N/AN/A0019075
2014-02-26$35.67$33.007.7%2.2%12.2%2.5%0.0%-0.4%0.7%5.9K-497.3K-8640.00162.70N/AN/A0019075
2014-02-27$35.80$33.006.5%1.9%11.6%1.0%0.0%2.4%2.8%-2.6K-486.4K-8640.00125.09N/AN/A0019075
2014-02-28$35.93$33.008.9%2.6%11.4%4.1%0.0%0.3%0.6%-11.8K-518.3K-4400.00153.07N/AN/A0019075